See the absolutely civilized competition in Abu Dhabi and compare it with the video from Qatar.

What has been called “insane gymkhana” about rides in UAE a few years ago, still exists and continues in other countries of Group 7 – and nobody talks about it.

No press release from the FEI about horse welfare issues in Qatar. Why?
No posts in the equestrian media about this awful video from Qatar. Why?

The most interesting thing is official fatality statistics in Qatar.

We researched the official results of FEI rides since 2010 in Qatar: 100 competitions, 2508 horses started, 1 official fatality (CATAGUASES CSM in 2015) and 98 horses eliminated with FTC or EL mark. Fatality rate in Qatar is 0.04% for 7 years or 0.0056% average per year.

While watching this terrible video from Qatar, it is hard to believe that official average fatality rate per year in Qatar (0.0056%) is 25 times less than fatality rate in France in 2016 (0.14%).

Many countries don’t show what happens inside their events, so you can calm yourselves that all is OK in other countries.

If there are no official fatalities in other countries, so you make no posts in the news, no online petitions, no open letters to your National Federations from worried people.